Azad Foundation’s mission is to equip resource-poor women with knowledge and skills so that they excel as professionals and entrepreneurs, and earn a “livelihood with dignity” in jobs and markets that had traditionally been closed to them.
We believe that when women are socially and economically empowered[...]

Hear the voices of change

Hear the voices of change

We are delighted to present the Azad Foundation Annual Report for 2016-17 telling you about the remarkable year we have had…

Enabling more than 580 women from urban resource-poor communities across India to embark on a journey of discovery and change through Women on Wheels programme

Bringing the opportunity to earn livelihood in driving to resource-poor women in two new cities – Ahmedabad and Bangalore

Empowering the first group of 20 feminist community leaders that have reached over 18,000 people with information, and supported close to one thousand to get citizenship papers, access government social schemes and enroll for Women on Wheels

Seeing 111 trained women getting employed in numerous types of jobs. From working as valets to driving waste collection vans to transporting school children to teaching other women in driving schools, the range of jobs open to women drivers is slowly but surely expanding.

Working with over 140 men in resource-poor communities towards more equal and safer spaces for women

Reaching more than 1,200 adolescent girls to develop their awareness on issues related to gender and work, and open up their aspirations for future life

Bringing the discussion on non-traditional livelihoods for women to 61st session of the UN Commission on Status of Women in New York, Jaipur Literature Festival and to many other forums